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Contacts

Website: http://www.medicine.unimelb.edu.au/
Phone: +61-3-8344-5890
Admissions e-mail: sc-mdhs@unimelb.edu.au

Program Information

Curriculum

• Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
• 4 years in length
• Descriptions can be found here

Admission statistics

• 250 local and 80 international students will be taken in
  • for more information checkhere

Admission Requirements

Course and Degree Requirements

• Degree: Minimum of a three-year or more year bachelor’s degree from approved institutions
• Required courses:
  • Anatomy (3 credits)
  • Physiology (3 credits)
  • Biochemistry (3 credits)

For more information click here

GPA

• GPA is calculated for the last 3 years of study with the years progressively weighted x1, x2, x3.

For more information click http://medicine.unimelb.edu.au/study-here/md/selection_criteria]

MCAT

• Required
• or GAMSAT (Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test) can be submitted

For more information click http://medicine.unimelb.edu.au/pdf_files/misc/MD_Brochure.pdf here]

Supporting Documents

• Application can be made through GMAC online admission system
• No C.V. or references or testimonials are used in the selection process and should not be submitted or brought to interview

For more information, click here
For checklist regarding the application procedure, click here

Interview

• Held in late September or early October 2011 at the University of Melbourne.
• Multi-Mini-Interview format (MMI)
• International applicants who meet the minimum GPA requirement and minimum GAMSAT or MCAT cut-off are invited for interview

For more information, click here

Timeline 2012 admissions

• 24 March 2012 GAMSAT held
• April 2012 International applications open (direct to University of Melbourne or via an Education Agent)
• 30 April 2012 Domestic applications open (via GEMSAS)
• 4 May 2012 Deadline for submitting request for pre-requisite assessment
• Early-mid May 2012 GAMSAT results released
• 30 May 2012

Domestic applications close (GEMSAS)

• Guaranteed applications close - submitted direct to University of Melbourne

(domestic applicants to submit Graduate Access application direct to MDHS Student Centre, University of Melbourne)

• 22 June 2012 International applications close
• 30 June 2012 Final MCATs released by most international applicants (MCATs accepted Jan 2010-May 2012 only)
• 6 July 2012 Final date for MCAT scores to be submitted direct to University of Melbourne
• Mid July 2012 Deadline for International applicants to submit final year Sem 1, 2012 result to MDHS
• 20-24 August 2012 Multiple-Mini Interviews (via Skype) - offshore international applicants
• 22-31 August 2012

Domestic and onshore International interview offers released

Unsuccessful applicants notified

• 20-28 September 2012 Multiple-Mini Interviews - domestic and onshore international applicants
• 15-16 October 2012 Offers dispatched - international applicants
• 29 October 2012

Deadline for accepting international offers

• 29-31 October 2012 Offers dispatched - domestic applicants
• 7 November 2012 Deadline for accepting domestic offers
• 7 December 2012 Enrolment deadline for domestic applicants (non-conditional offers)

For more information click here

Tuition 2012

• Tuition for Australian students: $51,008
• Tuition for international students: $60,000

For information on fees and scholarships, click here